A US federal judge has rejected Boeing's plea agreement over the two deadly 737 MAX crashes, due to concerns over the company's diversity and inclusion policy for selecting an independent monitor. Boeing and the Justice Department now have 30 days to update the court on their next steps.
A US federal judge on Thursday rejected Boeing ’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision in the deal regarding the selection of an independent monitor to audit the plane maker’s compliance practices.
Boeing and the Justice Department now have 30 days to update the court on how they plan to proceed in the case, Judge Reed C.O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas ordered.Relatives of the victims of the two 737 MAX crashes, which occurred in 2018 and 2019 and killed 346 people, have called the agreement a “sweetheart” deal that failed to adequately hold Boeing accountable for the deaths of their loved ones.
“The plea agreement requires the parties to considerrace when hiring the independent monitor,” O’Connor wrote in his decision. “In a case of this magnitude, it is in the utmost interest of justice that the public is confident this monitor selection is done based solely on competency.”
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